William Gilmore Simms's collection of scrapbooks represents one
of the most significant, but least accessible, resources for the study of the writer.
Housed as a part of the Charles Carroll Simms collection in the South
Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina, there are nine volumes
of scrapbooks, each comprised of works of numerous genres from throughout
Simms's career.[1]
While the majority of the included works are Simms's own, the scrapbooks also
features writings by others, as well as works of uncertain authorship. Prior to
digitizing these volumes, access to them ...